12 COUES, BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 



8yrnium cinereum Aud. — Great Gray Owl. A rare 

 winter visitant. Found in winter throughout New Eng- 

 land ; but probably to be regarded as only a straggler to 

 its more southern portions. None have been observed to 

 breed in New England. 



No. 31. Salem, Essex Co. F. W. Putnam, Winter of 1866-7. 

 No. 34. Wenham, Essex Co. James Bartlett, Feb. 1859. 



Syrnium nehulosum Gray. — Barred Owl. Abundant. 



Eesident in all portions of New England. 



No. 26, ?, adult. Essex Co. James BufSngton, Nov. 27, 1854. 

 No. 190. Salem, Essex Co. E. S. Waters, Nov. 10, 1866. 



Bubo Virginianus Bon. — Great Horned Owl. Com- 

 mon. Resident. 



The 8trix "arctica Eichardson," enumerated as a bird 

 of Massachusetts {Pedb., p. 276, and Putn., p. 226) on 

 the authority of Mr. Nuttall, undoubtedly refers to this 

 species in the albescent state of plumage, which consti- 

 tutes Mr. Cassin's B. Virginianus var. arcticus. The 

 " Strix scandiaca Linn.," of Linsley's list (p. 253) in all 

 probability was also based upon the same variety of Vir- 

 ginianus. 



No. 33, $. Essex Co. T. Ropes, Oct. 1849. 



No. 32, $ . Lynn, Essex Co. J. Saul, Feb. 28, 1864. 



/Scops asio Bon. — Mottled Owl. Eed Owl. Screech 



Owl. Abundant everywhere. Resident. 



No. 27, $ . (Grey plumage.) Essex Co. H. P. Ives, Nov. 1854. 

 No. 28. (Red plumage.) Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1858. 



NydaJc. Acadica Bon. — Acadian Owl. Common; es- 

 pecially in more northern sections of the country. Res- 

 ident. 



No. 29, $. Essex Co. S. JUlson, 1858. 

 No. 30, ?. " " " " " 



Nyctale Richardsoni Bon. — Richardson's Owl. (" Ulu- 

 la Tengmalmi" Audubon, and earlier authors.) Not abun- 

 dant. Chiefly a winter visitant, and rare as far south as 

 Massachusetts. It is probably resident in the north of 

 Maine ; though not, I believe, actually observed to breed. 

 There are repeated instances of its occurrence in winter 

 in the southernmost New England States. 



Nyctale albifrons Cassin. — Kii-tland's Owl. I have 



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